Abstract
This paper addresses an integrated scheduling problem of batch manufacturing and delivery processes with a single batch machine and direct-shipping trucks. In the manufacturing process, some jobs in the same family are simultaneously processed as a production batch in a single machine. The batch production time depends only on the family type assigned to the production batch and it is dynamically adjusted by batch deterioration and rate-modifying activities. Each job after the batch manufacturing is reassigned to delivery batches. In the delivery process, each delivery batch is directly shipped to the corresponding customer. The delivery time of delivery batches is determined by the distance between the manufacturing site and customer location. The total volume of jobs in each production or delivery batch must not exceed the machine or truck capacity. The objective function is to minimize the total tardiness of jobs delivered to customers with different due dates. To solve the problem, a mixed-integer linear programming model to find the optimal solution for small problem instances is formulated and meta-heuristic algorithms to find effective solutions for large problem instances are presented. Sensitivity analyses are conducted to find the effect of problem parameters on the manufacturing and delivery time.
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